Dictionary for Atrox Caedes

The dictionary for Atrox Caedes contains all the Latin words used in the novella. If you would like a preview of the novella, you can read the first chapter of the story here. You can review more detailed information about the novella here.

Unlike the Index Verborum, which is a list of all the word forms in the novella, the dictionary for Atrox Caedes provides the full dictionary entry for the word. In addition to providing the dictionary entry and definition, the frequency in which the word generally appears in Latin literature is provided. The Dickinson Core Vocabulary and Essential Latin Vocabulary were used in creating the frequency rating.

When a number appears, the Dickinson Core Vocabulary, which is a list of 1000 words, was used. The abbreviation ELV indicates when a word did not appear in the Dickinson list but appears on the list in Essential Latin Vocabulary. Essential Latin Vocabulary’s list is 1,425 words, so presumably the word appears in approximately the last 425 words. A blank indicates that the word infrequently occurs in Latin literature.

Words in bold are glossed vocabulary words. I consider the words in italics to be cognates that I used infrequently in the novella.

Dictionary for Atrox Caedes

Latin	English	DCC/ELV
Ā, ab	Away from, by	21
Abdōmen, abdōminis, n	Abdomen
Ad	Toward, to	14
Adhūc	Still	379
Aegyptus, Aegyptī, m.	Egypt
Ago, agere, ēgī, āctus	Do	69
Alius, alia, aliud	Other, another; some … others	37
Aliquis, aliquid	Someone, anyone, something	77
Amō, amāre, amāvī, amātus	Loving	219
Ambulō, ambulāre, ambulāvī, ambulātus	Walking	ELV
Amīca, amīcae, f.; amīcus, amīcī, m.	Friend	198
Amphitheātrum, amphitheātrī, n.	Amphitheater
Amplector, amplectī, amplexus sum	Hug
An	Or	94
Animal, animālis, n.	Animal	547
Aperiō, aperīre, aperuī, apertus	Open	837
Aqua, aquae, f.	Water	272
Argilla, argillae, f.	Clay
Artifex, artificis, m./f.	Artisan
Atrōx, atrōcis	Atrocious, bloody, terrible
Audiō, audīre, audīvī, audītus	Hear, obey	165
Aut	Or	24
Avis, avis, f.	Bird	855
Avia, aviae, f.	Grandmother
Bene	Well	235
Bonus, bona, bonum	Good	68
Cadō, cadere, cecidī, cāsus	Fall	210
Caedes, caedis, f.	Slaughter, killing	415
Canis, canis, m./f.	Dog	687
Capio, capere, cēpī, captus	Take, grab	131
Cattus, cattī, m.	Cat
Catula, Catulae, f.	Catula, Merula’s sister
Cavea, caveae, f.	Cage
Celer, celeris, celere	Quick	745
Celeriter	Quickly	967
Certē	Surely	601
Claudō, claudere, clausī, clausus	Close	392
Clāmō, clāmāre, clāmāvī, clāmātus	Shout	ELV
Clāmor, clāmōris, m.	Clamor, noise, shout	605
Cōgitō, cōgitāre, cōgitāvī, cōgitātus	Think	515
Columbārium, columbāriī, n.	Columbarium, a type of tomb
Conclāve, conclāvis, n.	Room
Cōnflagrātiō, cōnflagrātiōnis, f.	Fire
Cōnfūsus, cōnfūsa, cōnfūsum	Confused
Currō, currere, cucurrī, cursus	Run	562
Cum	With; when, since, although	10
Cūr	Why	404
Cūra, cūrae, f.	Care, concern	186
Cūriōsus, cūriōsa, cūriōsum	Curious
Deinde	Then	150
Dē	About, down from	46
Dēbeō, dēbēre, dēbuī, dēbitus	They should	155
Dēfendō, dēfendere, dēfendī, dēfensus	Defend	653
Dēmōnstrō, dēmōnstrāre, dēmōnstrāvī, dēmōnstrātus	Demonstrate, show
Dēterminātus, dētermināta, dēterminātum	Determined
Diaeta, diaetae, f.	Apartment
Diēs, diēs, m.	Day	54
Difficilis, difficile	Difficult	861
Distractus, distracta, distractum	Distracted
Dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dīctus	Say, tell	33
Domus, domī, f.	Home	73
Dormiō, dormīre, dormīvī, dormītus	Sleep	975
Is, ea, id	He, she, it	13
Edō, edere, ēdī, ēsus	Eat	ELV
Ego, meī, mihi, mē, mē	I	11
Elephantus, elephantī, m.	Elephant
Emm	Umm
Eō, īre, īvī, ītus	Go	97
Sum, esse, fuī, futūrus	Be	2
Error, errōris, m.	Error	832
Ē, ex	Out of, from	26
Exclāmō, exclāmāre, exclāmāvī, exclāmātus	Exclaim, shout
Extrā	Outside
Faciō, facere, fēcī, fāctus	Do, make	32
Familia, familiae, f.	Family	943
Fenestra, fenestrae, f.	Window
Ferō, ferre, tulī, lātus	Bring, bear	45
Fēmina, fēminae, f.	Woman	501
Figula, Figulae, f.	Figula, Merula and Catula’s grandmother
Fīlia, fīliae, f.	Daughter	909
Fortasse	Maybe, perhaps	833
Fortis, forte	Strong, brave	286
Frangō, frangere, frēgī, frāctus	Break	345
Fragilis, fragile	Fragile
Futūrum, futūrī, n.	Future
Gladiātor, gladiātōris, m.	Gladiator
Gladius, gladiī, m.	Sword	862
Grātia, grātiae, f.	Thanks	380
Habeō, habēre, habuī, habitus	Have	39
Habitō, habitāre, habitāvī, habitātus	Live	ELV
Hic, haec, hoc	This, these	7
Horribilis, horribile	Horrible
Horror, horrōris, m.	Horror
Iaciō, iacere, iēcī, iāctus	Throw	899
Iam	Now; with nōn, no longer	34
Iānua, iānuae, f.	Door
Ignōrō, ignōrāre, ignōrāvī, ignōrātus	Ignore
Ille, illa, illud	That, those	8
Impossibilis, impossibile	Impossible
In	In, on; into, onto	5
Incipiō, incipere, incēpī, inceptus	Begin	411
Inter	Between	64
Interficiō, interficere, interfēcī, interfectus	Kill	699
Inveniō, invenīre, invēnī, inventus	Find	316
Iterum	Again	758
Iuvenis, iuvenis, m.	Youth, young man	277
Infāns, infantis, f.	Infant
Īnsānus, īnsāna, īnsānum	Insane
Īrātus, īrāta, īrātum	Angry	809
Lateō, latēre, latuī	Hide	695
Leaena, leaenae, f.	Lioness
Lectus, lectī, m.	Bed
Licet, licēre, licuī	It is allowed	175
Magnus, magna, magnum	Great, big	25
Maior, maiōris	Greater, bigger	25
Manus, manūs, f.	Hand	48
Mārcus, Mārcī, m.	Marcus, the baker
Māter, mātris, f.	Mother	127
Meus, mea, meum	My, mine	41
Memoria, memoriae, f.	Memory; with tenēre, to remember	627
Merula, Merulae, f.	Merula, the protagnist
Mēnsa, mēnsae, f.	Table	747
Minimē	In no way, no	143
Morior, morī, mortuus suum	Die	253
Mōveō, movēre, mōvī, mōtus	Move	192
Multus, multa, multum	Much, many	43
Mūtō, mūtāre, mūtāvī, mūtātus	Change	315
Nāsō, Nāsōnis, m.	Naso, a Nucerian
Nāsus, nāsī, m.	Nose
Nātūra, nātūrae, f.	Nature	180
Nesciō, nescīre, nescīvī, nescītus	Not know	525
ne	An ending to a word that shows a question is asked	238
Nē	Lest, so that … not	47
Nēmō, nēminis	No one	179
Nihil	Nothing	55
Noster, nostra, nostrum	Our	52
Nōs, nōbīs, nōs, nōbis	Us	51
Nōlō, nōlle, nōluī, nōlitus	Not want	458
Nōmen, nōminis, n.	Name	135
Nōn	Nothing; with iam, no longer	6
Nōnne	A question word expecting a yes answer	ELV
Numquam	Never	251
Nunc	Now; with nōn, no longer	50
Nūceria, Nūceriae, f.	Nuceria, a Roman town
Nūcerīnus, Nūcerīna, Nūcerīnum	Nucerian
Oculus, oculī, m.	Eye	206
Omnis, omne	All, everything	18
Ōlim	Once, one day	574
Optimus, optima, optimum	Best	68
Palaestra, palaestrae, f.	Palaestra, an open area
Parvus, parva, parvum	Small	143
Pānis, pānis, m.	Bread
Pellō, pellere, pepulī, pulsus	Strike, hit	563
Petō, petere, petīvī, petītus	Seek, attack	83
Pingō, pingere, pīnxī, pictus	Draw, paint	ELV
Pictūra, pictūrae, f.	Pictures, paintings
Pistor, pistōris, m.	Baker
Plaustrum, plaustrī, m.	Cart
Pompēiānus, Pompēiāna, Pompēiānum	Pompeian
Pompēiī, Pompēiōrum, m.pl.	Pompeii
Porta, portae, f.	Gate	759
Possum, posse, potuī	Be able to, can	23
Pōnō, pōnere, posuī, positus	Put	102
Prope	Near	189
Puella, puellae, f.	Girl	233
Pugnō, pugnāre, pugnāvī, pugnātus	Fight	708
Pulcher, pulchra, pulchrum	Pretty, handsome	569
Putō, putāre, putāvī, putātus	Think	166
Quī, quae, quod	Who, which	3
Quālis, quāle	What kind of	263
Quam	How, than	29
Quia	Because	132
Quis, quid	Who, what	212
Quiētus, quiēta, quiētum	Still, quiet
Quō	To where, where	305
Quoque	Also, too	76
Quōmodo	How	831
Rādō, rādere, rāsī, rāsus	Scratch
Recenter	Recently
Remōveō, remōvēre, remōvī, remōtus	Remove
Respondeō, respondēre, respondī, respōnsus	Respond	535
Reveniō, revenīre, revēnī, reventus	Return
Rīdeō, rīdēre, rīsī, risus	Smile, laugh	874
Rogō, rogāre, rogāvī, rogātus	Ask	551
Sanguis, sanguinis, m.	Blood	214
Saxum, saxī, n.	Rock	306
Sciō, scīre, scīvī, scītus	I know	172
Sequor, sequī, secūtus sum	Follow	108
Sed	But	20
Semper	Always	149
Serpens, serpentis, m.	Snake
Sē	Herself, himself, itself, themselves	17
Significō, significāre, significāvī, significātus	Signify, mean
Silentium, silentiī, n.	Silence
Sinus, sinūs, m.	Pocket, fold	478
Sī	If	16
Sībilō, sībilāre, sībilāvī, sībilātus	Hiss
Sīcut	Just like	791
Soror, sorōris, f.	Sister	497
Spectō, spectāre, spectāvī, spectātus	Watch, look at	473
Ssst	Shh
Stultus, stulta, stultum	Foolish, stupid	ELV
Stylus, stylī, m.	Stylus, a writing implement
Suus, sua, suum	Her, his, its, their own	27
Sub	Under	118
Subitō	Suddenly	848
Surgō, surgere, surrēxī, surrēctus	Rise	570
Tabella, tabellae, f.	Tabella, a wax notebook
Taberna, tabernae, f.	Shop	ELV
Tamquam	As if	363
Tandem	Finally	427
Teneō, tenēre, tenuī, Tentus	Hold	106
Tener, tenera, tenerum	Weak, delicate	490
Tū, tuī, tibi, tē, tē	You	9
Timeō, timēre, timuī	Fear	153
Trēs, tria	Three	533
Tuus, tua, tuum	Your	44
Tunica, tunicae, f.	Tunic
Tūta (tūtae, tūtam, tūtās, tūtum, tūtus)	Safe	365
Ubi	Where, when	92
Unguis, unguis, m.	Fingernail
Urna, urnae, f.	A type of jar
Ursa, ursae, f.	Bear
Ursula, Ursulae, f.	Ursula, Merula’s mother
Ut	So that	15
Ūnus, ūna, ūnum	One	53
Vah	Ugh
Volō, velle, voluī, volitus	Want	66
Veniō, venīre, vēnī, ventus	Come	63
Vespillō, Vespillōnis, m.	Vespillo, a Pompeian
Vexō, vexāre, vexāvī, vexātus	Vex, annoy
Vēllō, vellere, vellī, vulsus	Pick
Via, viae, f.	Road, street	196
Videō, vidēre, vīdī, vīsus	Seek, attack	31
Vir, virī, m.	Man	85
Vīvō, vivere, vīxī, victus	Live	156
Volō, volāre, volāvī, volātus	Fly	ELV
Vōs, vestrum, vōbīs, vōs, vōbīs	Y’all	130
Vulnerō, vulnerāre, vulnerāvī, vulnerātus	Wound	ELV